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Pork that contains 25% fewer calories and 33% less fat than the pork that is described in the USDA handbook, Composition of Foods, 8-10.

Pork liver is generally available fresh or frozen. It is stronger flavored and not as tender as the liver from other animals.

Pork ribs that come from the blade and center section of the pork loin. The meat between each rib is very lean and referred to as finger meat.

Cuts of pork, such as hams, pork chops and bacon that have been cured with smoldering, aromatic wood.

A term customarily applied to the meat of a pig that is under a year old. The pig carcass is generally split into two sides of pork; each consisting of four primal cuts known as the shoulder, loin, leg/ham, and side/belly.

The pork kidney is a single-lobed glandular organ, which is best taken from a younger animal to provide a milder taste and more tender meat.

A cut of pork taken from the fresh pork side of the flank area. This cut can be sliced and sold fresh, but is more commonly smoked, cured, sliced and then sold as bacon.

An Italian pork sausage that has a creamy texture and a very spicy flavor. The sausage is usually made from minced pork shoulder, other pork meat and pork skin, and then is encased in the skin of a pig's foot.

Also called picnic roast, the pork arm roast is a fresh cut that comes from the shoulder primal. Containing more fat than the blade Boston roast, a well trimmed arm roast provides a very rich flavor when roasted.

Also known as hand-pulled or simply pulled pork, this type of meat is typically made with the Boston butt, which is a cut of meat taken from the pork shoulder.

An Italian sausage originating in northern Italy that is commonly found only in Italy or various regions throughout the world with a large populace of Italians.

A variety of large link blood sausage made in Spain that consists of ground pork lungs, pork heart and neck meat, seasoned pork blood, suet, breadcrumbs, oatmeal, and seasonings.

A large link sausage that is made of fresh pork, seasoned pork blood, suet, bread crumbs, and oatmeal.

A large link sausage that is typically made of pork, seasoned pork blood, suet, breadcrumbs, and oatmeal, although other ingredients may be added.

A reference that can apply to several different cuts of pork used for roasting, referred to as: the loin roast, shoulder roast, butt roast, blade loin roast, pork tenderloin, sirloin roast, crown roast or rolled ham roast.

A cooked sausage that consists of finely ground pork and pork liver combined with onions and seasoning, which is formed into a round soft textured sausage.

A type of Forcemeat which has been made by combing pork and pork fat with an equal amount of another meat selected by the meat processor.

A fresh Italian link sausage made from ground pork and pork cut into very small pieces that are mixed with fat and then highly seasoned with herbs and spices.

A sausage made from scraps of cooked pork head, pork cheeks, and organ meat that have been ground and combined with cornmeal or oatmeal, strained broth, sage, onions, and other seasonings.

A type of sausage consisting of fresh ground pork that is seasoned with sage and pepper. It is uncooked and marketed as links, patties, or in a bulk form.